WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2025 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND
IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT
BEDTIME A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2025 'Tense
forensically realistic and compulsively readable. A real achievement' SUNDAY TIMES 'Here
is a novelist who has powerful news to tell and an impressive range of narrative gifts with
which to tell it' IRISH TIMES 'Should become essential reading for all. Nesting¿ is a
novel that truly matters' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'A moving portrait of life inside the housing
system and the courage it takes to try to build a home in society's cracks'¿ GUARDIAN
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debut by a prize-winning Irish writer NESTING introduces an unforgettable new voice in
fiction. On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that
will change everything. Grabbing an armful of clothes from the washing line Ciara straps her
two young daughters into her car and drives away. Head spinning all she knows for certain is
that home is no longer safe. This was meant to be an escape. But with dwindling savings no
job and her family across the sea Ciara finds herself adrift facing a broken housing system
and the voice of her own demons. As summer passes and winter closes in she must navigate
raising her children in a hotel room searching for a new home and dealing with her husband
Ryan's relentless campaign to get her to come back. Because leaving is one thing but staying
away is another. What will it take for Ciara to rebuild her life? Can she ever truly break
away from Ryan's control - and what will be the cost? Tense beautiful and underpinned by an
unassailable love hope and resilience this is the story of one woman's bid to start over.
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satisfying' RODDY DOYLE 'As emotionally charged as it is brutally real. The writing is
flawless. I was profoundly moved' ELAINE FEENEY 'Will make your blood boil and your heart
soar. This is an important novel' CLAIRE KILROY 'Gorgeous maddening thrilling and
compassionate' SHEILA ARMSTRONG 'One of the best and most important novels of our time.
Perfectly brilliant and unputdownable' DONAL RYAN
